Over the weekend all the station molds came off the strongback and went up again with reference to improved overhead string scheme with double plumb bob monitoring. Mold position was checked with battens and straight edges, with reference to Table of Offsets. Various problems with molds were found, but none too horrible to not go forward. I decided to not try to move any molds until I had some full length strips on, instead of the 8′ pine battens cut from not-too-great wood.
I managed to shoot myself in the finger with the Arrow T50 staple gun with the recommended 9/16″ staples, about two seconds after having the thought “I’m supporting these strips pretty close with my fingers — I wonder how long until I get hit?”
Now we start the surprizingly long process of carving the inner stems to be fair with the battens. Partly is was an excercise in learning the spokeshave and the small angle block plane (worth every penny!)
Apprentice Char has a natural touch with the spokeshave.
Finished stem. Hopefully, the final strips will lie without any undue chine effect or funny bulges.
Next
- Cleanup cove side of cedar strips, plane down beads on shear planks, position
- Start planking
Great pictures, David. Thanks for sharing! Thanks also for the other great resources in this category.